Working Paper
Education Policy, Vocational Training, and the Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Technical, vocational education, and training has remained an explosive topic because it can create a divided society in terms of education and the benefits associated with it. Internationally, it has always been a complex and controversial topic...
Blog
GHAMOD launch and training: A tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ghana
Better social protection coverage and greater benefits in developing countries would certainly be welcomed by many. More and better forms of social...
Research Brief
Aid and Management Training
It is widely recognized that entrepreneurship is of critical importance to industrial development. Despite this importance we know little about the skills of business owners and managers in developing countries. In the WIDER Working Paper ‘The Role...
Working Paper
Worker retraining and transfer payments
We conduct an incentive-theoretical analysis of political economy considerations in the design of social protection programmes in developing countries to accompany economic reforms. We focus on two aspects of social protection—the provision of...
Working Paper
Who benefits from job training programmes?
Using admission lotteries and registry data linking labour market outcomes, we study the effect of a vocational training programme focused on disadvantaged individuals in Brazil. The intensive programme is an 18-month classroom training coupled with...
Research Brief
Is technical and vocational education and training a solution for youth unemployment?
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is often seen as a silver bullet resolving issues ranging from youth unemployment to labour market-related structural change. This is particularly true for developing countries with deficient...
Working Paper
The Role of Training in Fostering Cluster-Based Micro and Small Enterprises Development
While it has been increasingly recognized that efficient management holds the key to the development of micro and small enterprises in developing countries, we know very little about the managerial capacity of business owners and managers in these...
Report
Survey on the school-to-work transition of technical and vocational training graduates in Mozambique
This report documents the main conclusions of the Survey on the School-to-Work Transition of Technical and Vocational Education and Training Graduates in Mozambique. The research was planned and implemented by researchers from the United Nations...
Project workshop
IGM training on designing enterprise surveys training
The Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme organizes, on 17 March 2022, a one-day training on designing enterprise surveys. Topics covered include sampling of formal and informal firms, survey design (finding and measuring variables of...
Thu, 17 March 2022
Online,
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event
Workshop
COLMOD training
As part of the SOUTHMOD project, the national team at Universidad Externado de Colombia in collaboration with UNU-WIDER and the International Inequalities Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science organizes a training event on...
Mon, 10 July 2023
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Fri, 14 July 2023
Online,
Colombia
Past event
Workshop
RWAMOD training
As part of the SOUTHMOD project, the national team at the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA), in collaboration with UNU-WIDER and SASPRI, are organizing an in-person training workshop for technical staff of the Rwandan government institutions on RWAMOD...
Tue, 18 October 2022
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Thu, 20 October 2022
Kigali,
Rwanda
Past event
Workshop
COLMOD training
The COLMOD training is part of the SOUTHMOD project and focuses on the use and application of the COLMOD model for analyzing tax and benefit policies in Colombia. This workshop is designed for existing and potential new users at government offices...
Workshop
Second RWAMOD training
As part of the SOUTHMOD project, the national team at the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA), in collaboration with UNU-WIDER and the Southern African Social Policy Research Insights (SASPRI), are organizing the second in-person training workshop on...
Wed, 18 October 2023
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Fri, 20 October 2023
Kigali,
Rwanda
Past event
Workshop
Training on CGE modelling
The training on 2-6 July 2018 is the second part of the series of workshops, that offers an introduction to economy-wide modelling for policy analysis. The workshop is held in Maputo and it is part of the Inclusive Growth in Mozambique Programme. The...
Mon, 2 July 2018
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Fri, 6 July 2018
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event
Workshop
Training on research methods
The Inclusive Growth in Mozambique programme will hold a 2-day training workshop on research methods, on 27-28 June at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo. The event focuses on literature reviews and data sources, including training on the...
Wed, 27 June 2018
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Thu, 28 June 2018
University of Eduardo Mondlane,
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event
Workshop
Training on Macroeconomic Framework
On 7 May 2021, Michael Keller, Researcher at the University of Copenhagen and Technical Advisor at the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Mozambique (MEF), gives a half-day training on MEF’s Macroeconomic Framework. The Macroeconomic Framework is the...
Fri, 7 May 2021
Ministry of Economy and Finance,
Avenida Julius Nyerere,
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event
Workshop
Stata data management training
A three day in-person Data management in Stata capacity development workshop is provided to the research staff of the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) and Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis & Research (ZIPAR) in Lusaka, Zambia on 9-11 October 2023...
Mon, 9 October 2023
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Wed, 11 October 2023
Zambia Revenue Authority,
Lusaka,
Zambia
Past event
Workshop
CSPR MicroZAMOD training workshop
The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) is excited to announce a CSPR MicroZAMOD training workshop in Lusaka from 25–28 March 2024. This intensive four-day event is part of the SOUTHMOD project and aims to bring together staff members of CSPR...
Mon, 25 March 2024
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Thu, 28 March 2024
Lusaka,
Zambia
Past event
Project workshop
IGM Basic STATA training
The Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme organizes a five-day basic course on STATA during 28 March and 1 April 2022. STATA is a statistical analysis software used to analyse data patterns. The course aims to introduce participants to the...
Mon, 28 March 2022
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Fri, 1 April 2022
Online,
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event
Workshop
Second training on ETMOD
This event will provide potential users of the ETMOD tax-benefit model with comprehensive training. As well as providing an overview of the model, the event will include a number of examples. Attendees will leave with an appreciation of how to...
Wed, 19 October 2022
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Fri, 21 October 2022
UNECA Conference Centre,
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
Past event
Workshop
Sixth training on ECUAMOD
As part of the SOUTHMOD project, the national team at FLACSO in collaboration with UNU-WIDER and International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science organizes the sixth training event on the ECUAMOD model...
Mon, 31 July 2023
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Tue, 8 August 2023
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales FLACSO,
Quito,
Ecuador
Past event
Workshop
Stata data management training
A five day in-person Data management in Stata capacity development workshop is provided to the research staff of the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) and Zanzibar Revenue Authority (ZRA) in Stonetown, Zanzibar on 2-6 October 2023. Few people in...
Mon, 2 October 2023
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Fri, 6 October 2023
Zanzibar,
Stonetown,
Tanzania
Past event
About
SOUTHMOD online training course
Welcome to the SOUTHMOD online training course, an engaging introductory course designed to equip you with foundational skills in tax-benefit microsimulation models, specifically in the context of Global South countries.
Workshop
Training in Advanced Poverty Analysis
Two researchers of the Inclusive Growth in Mozambique programme, Eva-Maria Egger, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, and Vincenzo Salvucci, Researcher at the University of Copenhagen, deliver a training on advanced poverty analysis on 26-30 April. To be held...
Mon, 26 April 2021
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Fri, 30 April 2021
Ministry of Economy and Finance,
Avenida Julius Nyerere,
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event
Workshop
Training on data analysis using R
SA-TIED held a 3-day online course on introduction to data analysis using R. The aim of the course was to build the capacity of South African officials to manage and use economic data to carry out policy-relevant research in their day-to-day work for...
Mon, 21 June 2021
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Wed, 23 June 2021
Online,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Project workshop
Training course for SOUTHMOD model building
UNU-WIDER arranged a training course on building tax-benefit microsimulation models for researchers and data experts engaged in the new SOUTHMOD - Simulating tax and benefit policies for development project that aims to build new microsimulation...
Mon, 29 February 2016
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Fri, 4 March 2016
Kopanong Hotel and Conference Centre,
243 Glen Gory Road,
Benoni,
South Africa
Past event
Workshop
Training in poverty analysis using STATA
On 22-26 March 2021, UNU-WIDER, the University of Eduardo Mondlane, the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Mozambique and the University of Copenhagen organizes a training in poverty analysis using STATA, a statistical analysis software used to...
Mon, 22 March 2021
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Sat, 26 June 2021
University of Eduardo Mondlane, Faculty of Economy,
Avenida Julius Nyerere,
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event
Workshop
First PERUMOD training and launch event
As part of the SOUTHMOD project, the national team at Universidad del Pacífico in collaboration with UNU-WIDER and International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science organizes the first training and launch...
Mon, 20 November 2023
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Thu, 23 November 2023
Universidad del Pacífico,
Peru
Past event
Workshop
First ZANMOD training and launch event
As part of the SOUTHMOD project, the national team at Zanzibar Revenue Authority (ZRA) in collaboration with UNU-WIDER and Southern African Social Policy Research Insights (SASPRI) organizes the first training event on the ZANMOD model, along with...
Mon, 30 October 2023
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Thu, 2 November 2023
Golden Tulip Airport,
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania
Past event
Workshop
Training on Structured Query Language (SQL)
SA-TIED recently organized a comprehensive 3-day training programme on Structured Query Language (SQL) for data developers and research assistants, as well as participants from the National Treasury of South Africa and the South African Revenue...
Wed, 22 March 2023
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Fri, 24 March 2023
National Treasury of South Africa,
240 Madiba St,
Pretoria,
South Africa
Past event
Project workshop
IGM training of IIM survey enumerators
During 21–25 March 2022, the Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme organizes a training for survey enumerators hired to carry out the 2022 round of the Survey of Mozambican Manufacturing Firms (IIM 2022). The training consists of a detailed...
Mon, 21 March 2022
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Fri, 25 March 2022
Online,
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event
Workshop
Inclusive development in Myanmar: KoBo Toolbox training
Mon, 12 November 2018
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Wed, 14 November 2018
Central Statistical Organization ,
Naypyidaw,
Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Workshop
Inclusive development in Myanmar: Games Experiment Training
Mon, 2 July 2018
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Wed, 4 July 2018
Naypyidaw and Taungoo,
Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Workshop
Code development training for Tanzania Revenue authority
UNU-WIDER organized an online code development training workshop using the Stata statistical software for the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) staff on 20 January 2021. The objective of the training was to build the technical capacity of the TRA...
Wed, 20 January 2021
Online,
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania
Past event
Workshop
Training on statistical software Stata in Myanmar
As part of the Towards inclusive development in Myanmar programme, an introductory course to Stata and to data extraction was organised for selected staff at the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. Six training sessions...
Mon, 26 October 2020
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Mon, 16 November 2020
Online,
Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Lecture
Stata training for Domestic savings country authors
Capacity development on using Stata software is provided to the country authors of The domestic savings shortfall in developing countries – what can be done about it? project. The training is provided virtually by UNU-WIDER Research Associate Abrams...
Wed, 27 October 2021
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Fri, 29 October 2021
Online,
Finland
Past event
Workshop
Stata data management training for revenue authorities
A new three day in-person Data management in Stata capacity development workshop is provided to the research staff of the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) in Kampala, Uganda on 3-5 April 2023. Few people in revenue authorities have the skills to manage...
Mon, 3 April 2023
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Wed, 5 April 2023
Digital Den, Uganda Revenue Authority,
Kampala,
Uganda
Past event
Workshop
Training on secure data and metadata management
SA-TIED held a 4-day online course on secure data and metadata management. The online course was designed for data managers at data centres responsible for restricted-access data in government agencies, universities, and research institutions –...
Mon, 2 August 2021
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Thu, 5 August 2021
Online,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Policy workshop
Training on MicroZAMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation for Zambia
The purpose of this event is to introduce participants to MicroZAMOD, with a view to promoting its use within government for evidence-based policy-making. Training is directed to potential users of the model. As well as providing an overview of the...
Tue, 21 November 2017
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Thu, 23 November 2017
Lusaka,
Zambia
Past event
Policy workshop
Training on ETMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation for Ethiopia
Tue, 11 July 2017
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Thu, 13 July 2017
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
Past event
Workshop
Training on Business Practice Intervention Survey in Myanmar
Mon, 24 February 2020
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Sat, 29 February 2020
Central Statistical Organization,
Nay Pyi Taw,
Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Project workshop
Training on data cleaning and analysis in Myanmar
As part of the research collaboration with the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) of the Ministry of Planning and Finance of Myanmar, UNU-WIDER and the Development Economics Research Group (DERG) of the University of Copenhagen, two workshops...
Mon, 18 November 2019
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Fri, 22 November 2019
Central Statistical Organization,
Nay Pyi Taw,
Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
News
Unlocking data expertise: SA-TIED stata training initiative
The SA-TIED programme, in collaboration with the National Treasury, recently wrapped up an intermediate Stata training course. Held from 29–31 August 2023, this training was exclusively tailored for SA-TIED programme partners, a group that included...
Workshop
Structured Query Language (SQL) training for revenue authorities
A new three day online Introduction to SQL capacity development workshop is provided to the research staff of the Ugandan, Tanzanian and Zambian revenue authorities on 14-16 March 2023. Structured Query Language (SQL) is a domain-specific language...
Tue, 14 March 2023
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Thu, 16 March 2023
Online,
South Africa
Past event
Seminar
ECUAMOD training - A tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ecuador
A training course for ECUAMOD, the Ecuadorian tax-benefit microsimulation model, was held at the Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales (IAEN) in Quito on 21-23 February 2017. Participants included representatives from a wide spread of government...
Tue, 21 February 2017
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Thu, 23 February 2017
Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales,
Quito,
Ecuador
Past event
Project workshop
UGAMOD Training - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Uganda
The goal of this event is to give potential users of the model comprehensive training on the structure and use of the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Uganda, UGAMOD. As well as providing an overview of the model, the event will include several...
Wed, 10 April 2019
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Fri, 12 April 2019
Kampala,
Uganda
Past event
Workshop
Metadata and data curation training for revenue authorities
An online microdata and metadata management course is provided to 10 participants, representing researchers and tax experts at the revenue authorities in Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, and to three UNU-WIDER researchers. In the training participants...
Tue, 22 March 2022
online,
Cape Town,
South Africa
Past event
News
Unlocking Data Expertise: SA-TIED's Stata Training Initiative
The SA-TIED programme, in collaboration with the National Treasury, recently wrapped up an intermediate Stata training course. Held from 29–31 August 2023, this training was exclusively tailored for SA-TIED programme partners, a group that included...
Project workshop
An SME survey in Myanmar: First training of enumerators
Over 100 enumerators and their supervisors from across Myanmar participated in this 2-day training event in preparation for a survey of small and medium-sized enterprises throughout the country. At the event participants discussed the survey manual...
Mon, 15 May 2017
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Tue, 16 May 2017
Central Statistical Organization,
Naypyidaw,
Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Project workshop
An SME survey in Myanmar: Second training of enumerators
Following their first training, enumerators and supervisors from across Myanmar met to finalize their preparation for a survey of small and medium-sized enterprises. Participants discussed pending questions about the survey process, then participated...
Mon, 29 May 2017
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Tue, 30 May 2017
Central Statistical Organization,
Naypyidaw,
Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Project workshop
Inclusive development in Myanmar: Training course on sampling methodology
As part of the ‘Towards Inclusive Development in Myanmar’ project, 20 staff members of the Central Statistical office of Myanmar met to receive training on sampling methodology in preparation for the drafting of a quantative survey of small and...
Tue, 14 March 2017
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Wed, 15 March 2017
Central Statistical Organization,
Naypyidaw,
Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Project workshop
An SME survey in Myanmar: Training of survey supervisors
Representatives of CSO branches in 14 states/regions of Myanmar and supervisors from the main office in Naypyidaw met in preparation for a survey of small and medium-sized enterprises in Myanmar. The aim of the training was to present the survey...
Fri, 28 April 2017
Central Statistical Organization,
Naypyidaw,
Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Project workshop
Inclusive development in Myanmar: 2nd KoBo Toolbox training
As part of the project Towards Inclusive Development in Myanmar, a comprehensive Kobo Toolbox training was delivered for 25 staff members of the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) of the Ministry of Planning and Finance of Myanmar. This was a...
Thu, 21 March 2019
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Sat, 23 March 2019
Central Statistical Organization,
Naypyidaw,
Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Project workshop
Inclusive development in Myanmar: 3rd KoBo Toolbox training
As part of the project Towards Inclusive Development in Myanmar, a comprehensive Kobo Toolbox training was delivered for 23 staff members from the head office and regional offices the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) of the Ministry of Planning...
Mon, 8 April 2019
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Wed, 10 April 2019
Central Statistical Organization,
Naypyidaw,
Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Project workshop
IGM training on GIS and use of satellite data
The use of geographic information systems (GIS) in social sciences is becoming increasingly important for understanding complex issues with a spatial dimension. This short course, organized under the Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme...
Tue, 5 April 2022
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Fri, 8 April 2022
Online,
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event
Policy workshop
Training on GHAMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ghana
This event will provide potential users of the GHAMOD model with comprehensive training. As well as providing an overview of the model, the event will include a number of case studies. Attendees will leave with an appreciation of how to navigate and...
Wed, 17 May 2017
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Fri, 19 May 2017
Balme library, University of Ghana at Legon,
Accra,
Ghana
Past event
Project workshop
Training on VNMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation for Viet Nam
The purpose of this event is to introduce participants to VNMOD, with a view to promoting its use within government for evidence-based policy-making. Training is directed to potential users of the model. As well as providing an overview of the model...
Mon, 13 November 2017
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Wed, 15 November 2017
Central Institute of Economic Management,
Hanoi,
Vietnam
Past event
Workshop
Third training on GHAMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ghana
The third training on the use of GHAMOD, a tax-benefit microsimulation programme for Ghana, introduced participants to the latest version of the programme. Altogether 15 professionals and researchers working on tax and social protection issues in...
Tue, 9 March 2021
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Thu, 11 March 2021
University of Ghana at Legon,
Accra,
Ghana
Past event
Workshop
Second training on UGAMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Uganda
The aim of this virtual event is to introduce participants to the most recent version of UGAMOD, with a view to promoting its use for evidence-based policy making among government officials. This is the first full online training under the SOUTHMOD...
Wed, 4 November 2020
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Fri, 6 November 2020
Past event
Workshop
Inclusive development in Myanmar: Analytical Methods Training for CSO staff
Mon, 12 February 2018
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Fri, 23 February 2018
Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen,
Copenhagen,
Denmark
Past event
Workshop
Third training on MicroZAMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Zambia
Tue, 3 December 2019
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Thu, 5 December 2019
Legacy Lodge & Conference Centre,
Meanwood Ibex Hill,
Lusaka,
Zambia
Past event
Workshop
Fourth training on MOZMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Mozambique
This online workshop was the fourth training event on the MOZMOD model, organized by UNU-WIDER, the Southern African Social Policy Research Institute (SASPRI), Ministry of Economics and Finance, Mozambique, and ILO Mozambique. The participants were...
Mon, 3 August 2020
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Tue, 4 August 2020
Ministry of Economic and Finance,
Julius Nyerere Avenue,
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event
Workshop
Sixth training on TAZMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Tanzania
As part of the SOUTHMOD project, the national team at University of Dar es Salaam in collaboration with UNU-WIDER, and Southern African Social Policy Research Insights (SASPRI) organizes a training event on TAZMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation...
Wed, 25 October 2023
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Fri, 27 October 2023
Golden Tulip Airport,
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania
Past event
Project workshop
Third training on MOZMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Mozambique
Wed, 3 July 2019
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Fri, 5 July 2019
Ministry of Economic and Finance,
Julius Nyerere Avenue,
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event
Policy workshop
First training on TAZMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Tanzania
Mon, 18 September 2017
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Wed, 20 September 2017
ILO Office,
Dar-es-Salaam,
Tanzania
Past event
Workshop
Second training on TAZMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Tanzania
Tue, 10 July 2018
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Thu, 12 July 2018
International Labour Organization (ILO),
Azikiwe St,
Dar Es Salaam,
Tanzania
Past event
Workshop
Third training on TAZMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Tanzania
As part of the SOUTHMOD project, the national team at University of Dar es Salaam in collaboration with UNU-WIDER, and Southern African Social Policy Research Insights (SASPRI) will organize a training event on the TAZMOD model. This third training...
Mon, 9 March 2020
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Wed, 11 March 2020
ILO Office, Kazi House,
Maktaba Street,
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania
Past event
Workshop
Fourth training on TAZMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Tanzania
As part of the SOUTHMOD project, the national team at University of Dar es Salaam in collaboration with UNU-WIDER, and Southern African Social Policy Research Insights (SASPRI) organizes a training event on the TAZMOD model. This fourth training...
Tue, 30 November 2021
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Thu, 2 December 2021
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania
Past event
Workshop
Difference-in-Differences (DiD) training with Pedro H.C. Sant’Anna
From 25–27 September 2023, UNU-WIDER will be offering a Difference-in-Differences (DiD) training on its premises with Dr Pedro H.C. Sant’Anna. The training will be offered by invitation only to external participants from Helsinki Graduate School of...
Mon, 25 September 2023
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Wed, 27 September 2023
UNU-WIDER Sustainability Library,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
News
Government officials and researchers in Ecuador gather for ECUAMOD training
How does raising income tax affect government revenue? What are the costs and benefits of implementing a state pension? Tax and benefit microsimulation is a useful technique for determining how policy changes affect the distribution of income and...
Workshop
Second training round on ECUAMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ecuador
This is the second training event on the ECUAMOD model, which will provide participants with comprehensive training to use the tax-benefit microsimulation model effectively. It is targeted for existing and potential new users of the model at...
Mon, 2 July 2018
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Wed, 4 July 2018
Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales,
Av. Río Amazonas N37-271 and Villalengua,
Quito,
Ecuador
Past event
Workshop
Third training on VNMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Viet Nam
The third training event on VNMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Viet Nam, will introduce participants with earlier experience on using the model to its most recent version, with a goal of promoting its use for evidence-based policy...
Wed, 27 January 2021
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Fri, 29 January 2021
CIEM,
68 Phan Dinh Phung Street,
Ha Noi,
Vietnam
Past event
Workshop
Second training round on MOZMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Mozambique
This is the second training event on the MOZMOD model, which will provide participants with comprehensive training to use the tax-benefit microsimulation model effectively. It is targeted for existing and potential new users of the model at...
Tue, 29 May 2018
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Thu, 31 May 2018
Hotel Montebelo Indy Maputo Congress,
Rua Macombe Nogueira-Nongue R1373 Sommerschield,
1100 Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event
Project workshop
Third training round on ECUAMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ecuador
Mon, 29 July 2019
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Wed, 31 July 2019
Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales,
Av. Río Amazonas N37-271 and Villalengua,
Quito,
Ecuador
Past event
Workshop
Fourth training round on ECUAMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ecuador
Mon, 26 April 2021
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Fri, 30 April 2021
Online,
Quito,
Ecuador
Past event
Workshop
Fifth training round on ECUAMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ecuador
As part of the SOUTHMOD project, the national team at FLACSO in collaboration with UNU-WIDER and University of Essex organizes the fifth training event on the ECUAMOD model, which will provide participants with comprehensive training to use the tax...
Mon, 9 May 2022
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Thu, 12 May 2022
Quito,
Ecuador
Past event
Workshop
Second training on VNMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Viet Nam
As part of the SOUTHMOD project, the country team at the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), together with Dr Toon Vanheukelom from KU Leuven, will deliver a training course for government officials, researchers, and other stakeholders...
Mon, 26 November 2018
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Wed, 28 November 2018
Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM),
68 Phan Đinh Phung,
Hanoi,
Vietnam
Past event
Workshop
Training event: Enhanced analysis with MicroZAMOD, a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Zambia
Tue, 22 May 2018
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Thu, 24 May 2018
Legacy Lodge & Conference Centre,
Meanwood Ibex Hill,
Lusaka,
Zambia
Past event
Workshop
Inclusive development in Myanmar: Training on report writing using the MSME dataset
Using the Myanmar Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Survey (MSME) Dataset, around 30 participants from the Central Statistical Organization of Myanmar will receive training on report writing.
Mon, 26 November 2018
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Fri, 30 November 2018
Central Statistical Organization,
Naypyidaw,
Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Workshop
Inclusive development in Myanmar: Training course on sampling methodology and basic statistics
Mon, 5 November 2018
–
Fri, 9 November 2018
Central Statistical Organization,
Naypyidaw,
Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Seminar
Evaluating the impact of training in a national microfinance program: Self help groups in India
Presented by: Dr Ranjula Bali Swain (Department of Economics, Uppsala University). Abstract This paper evaluates the impact of widespread training programs provided by the Self Help Group (SHG) program. Indian SHGs are mainly NGO-formed microfinance...
Wed, 30 January 2013
UNU-WIDER,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
News
UNU-WIDER launches a free online training course in tax-benefit microsimulation for Global South countries
In an innovative step toward democratizing access to advanced policy analysis tools, UNU-WIDER releases a comprehensive online training course on tax-benefit microsimulation modelling for policy analysis. The course teaches analysts and researchers...
Working Paper
Gender matters
In many developing countries the skill base is a cause of concern with respect to international competition. Firm-provided training is generally seen as an important tool for bridging the skills gap between labour force and private sector demand. Yet...
Working Paper
The Success of Learnerships?
Vocational training programmes, like South Africa’s learnership programme, which combine classroom learning and on-the-job training seem like the type of intervention which can create skills, get young people into jobs quicker, and reduce youth...
Blog
Developing a microsimulation model for Mozambique – from inception to impact
by
Vanda Castelo, José Cardoso, Finório Castigo, Gemma Wright
November 2018
The tax-benefit microsimulation model developed for Mozambique, MOZMOD, has proved to be valuable in analysing the impacts and budget implications of...
Working Paper
Gender Differentiation in the Analysis of Alternative Farm Mechanization Choices on Small Farms in Kenya
Using multinomial logit we analyze factors that influence the choice of mechanization technologies in Nyanza Province. The results show that farmers are aware of the attributes of the mechanization technologies, and that animal traction is the most...
Working Paper
Reducing early pregnancy in low-income countries
Many adolescent girls in low-income countries face the challenge of early pregnancy and lifelong dependence upon family and partners. In this paper, we review the literature on field interventions aimed at reducing early pregnancies in low-income...
Working Paper
Skills and Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa
The shortages of entrepreneurial skills have lowered search effectiveness of potential young entrepreneurs and the rate of youth start-ups. Our paper contributes to closing the gap in the entrepreneurship and development literature with a model of...
Working Paper
Growth of Knowledge-intensive Entrepreneurship in India, 1991–2007
There is enough consensus to show that India’s economic performance since 1991 is a direct result of the economic liberalization measures that have been put in place. One of the outcomes of this improved performance is the growth of innovations in...
Working Paper
Impact of soil conservation adoption on intrahousehold allocations in Zambia
In this paper, we examine the impact of soil conservation adoption on gender-specific resource allocations within households in Zambia. The extension of funding of conservation farming (CF) training sessions in 2007 in specific districts in Zambia...
Working Paper
Does managerial personality matter?
Using novel data from micro, small, and medium firms in Vietnam, we estimate the relationship between behavioural and personality traits of owners/managers—risk attitudes, locus of control, and innovativeness—and firm-level decisions. We extend the...
Journal Article
Does managerial personality matter?
Using novel data from micro, small and medium firms in Vietnam, we estimate the relationship between behavioural and personality traits of owners/managers – risk attitudes, locus of control, and innovativeness – and firm-level decisions. We extend...
Working Paper
Good business practices improve productivity in Myanmar’s manufacturing sector
We look into the relationship between business practices and enterprise productivity using panel data with matched employer and employee information from Myanmar. The data show that micro, small, and medium-size enterprises in Myanmar typically do...
Blog
New country on the SOUTHMOD map: Meet our tax-benefit microsimulation team in Rwanda!
by
Anna Toppari
December 2022
How can Global South countries improve their tax and social protection systems? One way is to take advantage of tools that help assess the impact of...
Research Brief
Finding optimal solutions for efficient youth labour policies
According to South Africa’s National Development Plan Vision 2030, serious action needs to be taken to reduce poverty and encourage economic growth. One of the main challenges involves reducing the unemployment rates in South Africa, particularly...
Policy Brief
Mining for change
For a growing number of countries in Africa the discovery of natural resources is a great opportunity, but one accompanied by considerable risks. There is an extensive literature linking natural resource dependence to poor economic performance. One...
Blog
Modelling to influence poverty and inequality in Zanzibar: Latest addition to the SOUTHMOD programme
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Anna Toppari
December 2023
ZANMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Zanzibar, was launched in November 2023. The model will aid local authorities and researchers in...
Working Paper
Improving the quality of hospital care for children by supportive supervision
Objective: To determine whether periodic supportive supervision after a training course improved the quality of paediatric hospital care in Kyrgyzstan, where inappropriate care was common but in-hospital postnatal mortality was low. Methods: In a...
Working Paper
Impact Assessment of the Facilitadores Judiciales Programme in Nicaragua
Facilitadores Judiciales is a programme run by the Organization of the American States and the Nicaraguan judiciary. The main objective of the programme is to improve access to justice for the disadvantaged people in Nicaragua. From 1998 to 2010 the...
Blog
Democracy, Transparency, and Parliamentary Broadcasting
by
Patrick Gregory
August 2013
22 August 2013 Patrick Gregory ‘Justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done’. In its shortened form this...
Blog
Tools for effective tax administration
by
Janet Simbeye
September 2022
The importance of conducting high-quality analysis for policy advice cannot be understated. The UNU-WIDER Winter School for tax policy research...
Working Paper
Maternal and neonatal services in Ethiopia
Problem: Maternal and neonatal mortality remains high in low- and middle-income countries, with poor quality of intrapartum care as a barrier to further progress. Approach: We developed and tested a method of measuring the quality of maternal and...
Working Paper
Labour market projections and time allocation in Myanmar
Myanmar has, in recent years, strengthened its focus on human capital as a development pillar, and introduced legislation and adopted conventions on child labour. But child exploitation continues, including use of forced labour by the military and...
Working Paper
Making Aid Work for Education in Developing Countries
This paper examines the effect of education aid on primary enrollment and education quality. Using the most recent data on aid disbursements and econometric specifications inspired by the general aid effectiveness literature, we find some evidence...
Blog
Changing the lives of very young children: Evidence from Rwanda
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Patricia Justino, Marinella Leone, Pierfrancesco Rolla, Monique Abimpaye, Caroline Dusabe, Diane Uwamahoro, Richard Germond
November 2020
Globally, around 250 million children under the age of five do not meet key development milestones, which reduces their ability to reach their full...
Working Paper
My journey through the history of development economics
This paper is essentially autobiographical and describes Erik Thorbecke’s journey through the history of development economics between the 1950s and the present. The paper consists of four parts. First, an introduction reviews briefly his...
Working Paper
The Weightless Economy in Economic Development
Can the increasing significance of knowledge-products in national income— the growing weightless economy—influence economic development? Those technologies reduce “distance” between consumers and knowledge production. This paper analyzes a model...
Blog
Is vocational education the fast track to employment in Mozambique?
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Anna Schnupp
May 2020
Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is often put forward as the solution to youth unemployment — but to prove its worth, better...
Blog
Bolstering the skills of young people – the key to South Africa's economic growth
by
Simcengile Ngoto
July 2024
As a young data developer responsible for mining and analysing the administrative tax data provided to researchers through the SA-TIED programme, I am...
Journal Article
Supporting Women Entrepreneurs in Tunisia
Whether policy support should be designed differently for women entrepreneurs is a particularly relevant question. To answer this, and to inform the design of policies to provide appropriate support for women entrepreneurs, the article compares male...
Working Paper
The construction sector in Mozambique
The construction sector value added in Mozambique grew at an average annual rate of 12.8 per cent in 1993–2015. Investment in the basic infrastructure of health, education, and housing improved families’ and communities’ living conditions. Investment...
Working Paper
Supporting Women Entrepreneurs in Tunisia
Whether policy support should be designed differently for women entrepreneurs is a particularly relevant question. To answer this, and to inform the design of policies to provide appropriate support for women entrepreneurs, the paper compares male...
Working Paper
Globalization and the Emergence of a Transnational Oligarchy
The aim of this paper is to examine the evolution of recruitment of elites due to globalization. In the last century, the main change that occurred in the way the Western world trained its elites is that meritocracy became the basis for their...
Working Paper
Policy Regimes, Inequality, Poverty and Growth
Since the 1970s, Chile has exhibited a highly skewed income distribution accompanied with strong fluctuations over time. Although income distribution worsened notably in the 1970s-80s, a significant improvement was recorded in the first half of the...
Working Paper
Explaining gender differences in preference for self-employment among tertiary graduates in Ghana
We examine gender differences in ambitions and expectations of jobseekers concerning self-employment, an increasingly proposed option for youth in economies with limited wage employment. Analysing survey data on 2,036 tertiary graduates in Ghana, we...
Working Paper
Is Small Beautiful? Small Enterprise, Aid and Employment in Africa
Aid providers frequently link supporting small firms to job creation. Small firms create about half of new jobs in Africa, but they also have higher failure rates. Ignoring firm exit exaggerates net employment growth. Using panel data for Ethiopia...
Working Paper
The International Mobility of Cultural Talent
Artists, musicians and writers have always been great travellers. Today, their talent circulates in new ways, and takes new forms, as the creative industries expand globally in a marriage of media technology and the traditional arts. The growing...
Working Paper
Partnership for inclusive growth
A recent strand of literature on small and medium enterprise (SME) development identifies linkages with large firms as some of the enablers of development and competitiveness. However, there is a dearth of empirical studies on the topic. In this...
Journal Article
The economic effects of a counterinsurgency policy in India
Using the synthetic control method, we analyze the economic effects of a unique counterinsurgency response to the Naxalite insurgency in India. Of all the states affected by Naxalite violence, only one state, Andhra Pradesh, raised a specially...
Working Paper
Linkages and spillover effects of South African foreign direct investment in Botswana and Kenya
In recent decades, the impact of South African foreign direct investment in Africa has been captured by research and policy. This paper investigates linkages and spillover effects of South African foreign direct investment in Botswana and Kenya. The...
Working Paper
Worker mobility and productivity spillovers
This paper uses matched employer-employee data from South Africa to examine the extent to which technology transfers between firms through the hiring of workers. Allowing for differential spillovers based on observable technology differences between...
Working Paper
The potential of extractive industries as anchor investments for broader regional development
The paper reviews what we know about the possibilities of designing and implementing policy measures that raise the contribution of the extractive industries’ production/consumption links to economic growth and wellbeing, and reviews how policies...
Blog
Can natural resources jump-start industrialization?
by
John Page
January 2019
At the end of last year, I filmed a lecture that will be part of a massive open online course (MOOC) on industrialization in Africa. The course is...
Working Paper
Diffusion of agricultural innovations in Guinea-Bissau
This paper analyses the pathways of technology diffusion through social networks, following the experimental introduction of new technologies in Guinea-Bissau. In the context of an agricultural extension project, we document both the direct effects...
Working Paper
Mining-related national systems of innovation in southern Africa
This paper explores the linkages between the national systems of innovation of Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe and their respective mineral extraction and mineral processing value chains, including input industries. Our analysis reveals...
Working Paper
The role of the construction sector in influencing natural resource use, structural change, and industrial development in Zambia
The construction sector plays a critical role in delivering quality infrastructure, which in turn influences the use of natural resource revenues towards achieving structural change and industrial development. We use industrial organization and...
Working Paper
Language and student learning
This ethnographic study explores the implementation of bilingual education in Mozambique: how it is understood, adapted, and resisted by school directors, teachers, and local officials. Bilingual education uses local languages in early grades before...
Working Paper
Framework
This paper discusses the channels of impact of an extractives activity on an economy by presenting a brief description supported by graphics of the different routes through which the direct economic and social impacts of these activities might be...
Research uptake
Strengthening Climate Change Research in Africa
Introduction There is growing demand for climate change research in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the capacity needed to undertake this research by African scholars is sometimes lacking. As such, the research is often conducted by external consultants...
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VNMOD – simulating tax and benefit policies for development in Viet Nam
The VNMOD model is freely accessible for non-commercial research use but input data has to be manually constructed. Access to the model and the Stata do-files necessary to produce the underpinning input data set for the model can be requested here...
Working Paper
Framing the change: analysing employment change, (in)adequacy, and (de)feminization in Cameroon's tertiary firms
Cameroon is an example of a developing country where the transition from agriculture to services has defied standard patterns seen in developed countries. While prior research has explored this shift’s impact on economic growth, its effects on women...
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MOZMOD – simulating tax and benefit policies for development in Mozambique
MOZMOD model is freely accessible for non-commercial research use. You may request access to the model here.MOZMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Mozambique, is a highly versatile yet easy to use tool for policymakers and researchers...
Working Paper
What Do We Know About Non-Clinical Interventions for Preventable and Treatable Childhood Diseases in Developing Countries?
Preventable and treatable childhood diseases, notably acute respiratory infections and diarrhoeal diseases are the first and second leading causes of death and morbidity among young children in developing countries. The fact that a large proportion...
Working Paper
Innovation and Microenterprises Growth in Ethiopia
This paper addresses two prominent issues on the development of small enterprises in Africa. Which factors inhibit or foster innovation activities in small enterprises? Do innovators create more jobs? We use a large set of microenterprises survey...
Working Paper
Transforming informal work and livelihoods in Costa Rica and Nicaragua
We divide workers into six work statuses: formal self-employed, upper-tier informal self-employed, lower-tier informal self-employed, formal wage-employed, upper-tier informal wage-employed, and lower-tier informal wage-employed. In both Costa Rica...
Working Paper
Returns to education and wage inequality in Namibia
This paper estimates the returns to education and their implications for wage inequality using data from the 2015/16 Namibia Income and Expenditure Survey. The paper employs recentred influence function regression to analyse the impact of education...
Blog
Evidence matters for inclusive growth policy: Reflections from the annual conference of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme
by
Gimelgo Xirinda
December 2020
Like many developing countries, Mozambique is struggling with problems of poverty, inequality, low productivity, unemployment, and low institutional...
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MicroZAMOD – simulating tax and benefit policies for development in Zambia
The MicroZAMOD is freely accessible for non-commercial research use. You may request access to the model here.MicroZAMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Zambia, is a highly versatile yet easy to use tool for policymakers and researchers...
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TAZMOD – simulating tax and benefit policies for development in Tanzania
The TAZMOD model is freely accessible for non-commercial research use. You may request access to the model here.TAZMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Tanzania, is a highly versatile yet easy to use tool for policymakers and researchers...
Seminar
WIDER Seminar Series - Vincent Somville on barriers to female empowerment
On 28 March 2018, Assistant Professor Vincent Somville of the Norwegian School of Economics will present at the WIDER Seminar Series. Abstract – Barriers to female empowerment: Evidence from a field experiment in Tanzania Many young girls in...
Wed, 28 March 2018
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6B,
Helsinki,
Finland
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Workshop
STATA intermediate course for revenue authorities
A new 3-day Stata Intermediate training course is provided to 21 participants, representing researchers and tax experts at revenue authorities and research institutes in Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. The course is prepared and presented by...
Wed, 6 October 2021
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Fri, 8 October 2021
online,
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Workshop
TAZMOD retreat
The fifth training event on TAZMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Tanzania, is organized as a five-day research retreat, intended to empower participants to use TAZMOD to answer their own policy questions. The retreat is composed of two...
Mon, 7 November 2022
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Fri, 11 November 2022
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania
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Workshop
MOZMOD retreat
In collaboration with the national MOZMOD team, International Labour Organization (ILO) Mozambique, Ministry of Economic and Finance of Mozambique (MEF) and the Southern Africa for Social Policy Research Insights (SASPRI), UNU-WIDER will organize a 6...
Sun, 6 June 2021
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Fri, 11 June 2021
Past event
Workshop
Second MOZMOD retreat
In collaboration with the national MOZMOD team, International Labour Organization (ILO) Mozambique, Ministry of Economic and Finance of Mozambique (MEF) and the Southern Africa for Social Policy Research Insights (SASPRI), UNU-WIDER organizes a 5-day...
Mon, 25 April 2022
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Fri, 29 April 2022
Past event
Workshop
Third MOZMOD retreat
In collaboration with the national MOZMOD team, International Labour Organization (ILO) Mozambique, Ministry of Economic and Finance of Mozambique (MEF) and the Southern Africa for Social Policy Research Insights (SASPRI), UNU-WIDER organizes a 3-day...
Tue, 22 August 2023
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Thu, 24 August 2023
Usahaka Hotel,
Maputo provincial,
Mozambique
Past event
Workshop
Navigating administrative data access: strategies, reasons, and partner perspectives
The United Nations World institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), the National Treasury of South Africa, the Spatial Economic Activity Data South Africa, and the Southern African Towards Economic Development (SA-TIED) programme, with...
Mon, 4 December 2023
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Fri, 8 December 2023
Stats SA Auditorium,
ISIbalo House, Koch Street; Salvokop ,
Pretoria,
South Africa
Past event